Lesotho Hit With Highest Tariff in the World By Trump

How Tiny Lesotho Ended Up with Highest US Tariffs in the World

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. If you have ever bought a pair of jeans from an American brand like Levi's or Wrangler, chances are they were manufactured at a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho. World News | How Tiny Lesotho Ended Up with Highest US Tariffs in the World.

Taxation at 50%. The Minister of Commerce announces the urgent sending of a delegation to Washington

The small Southern African country is the one where the additional customs taxes announced by Donald Trump on April 2 are the highest in the world, threatening its textile industry.

Lesotho Hit With Highest Tariff in the World By Trump

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Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Lesotho and the small archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, challenging the economic survival of nations already in crisis. But the inconsistencies don't stop there.

Lesotho announced on Thursday the "emergency" sending of a government delegation to the United States to plead its cause, after US President Donald Trump imposed 50 per cent of the highest tariffs announced for a single nation on this small Southern African country.